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THE
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Hanoi
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Bac
Kan
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Bac
Ninh
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Cao
Bang
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Dien
Bien
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Ha
Giang
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Hoa
Binh
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HaiPhong
City
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Hai
Duong
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Ha
Tay
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Lai
Chau
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Lang
Son
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Lao
Cai
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Nam
Dinh
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Ninh
Binh
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Phu
Tho
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Quang
Ninh
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Son
La
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Thai
Binh |
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Thai
Nguyen
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Tuyen
Quang
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Vinh
Phuc
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Yen
Bai |
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Area: 6,724.6 sq. km.
Population: 518.9 thousand habitants (2006)
Capital: Cao Bang Town.
Districts:  Bao Lac, Bao Lam, Ha Quang, Thong Nong, Tra Linh, Trung Khanh, Nguyen Binh, Hoa An, Phuc Hoa, Quang Uyen, Ha Lang, Thach An.
Ethnic groups: Viet (Kinh), Tay, Nung, Dao, H?Mong, San Chay... |
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Geography
 Cao Bang Province is located in the Far North�- East, shares borders with China on the north and east, Bac Kan and Lang Son provinces on the south, and Ha Giang and Tuyen Quang provinces on the west. The topography is complicated so inter-transportation is limited.
Climate:
Cao Bang has temperate climate. There are 4 seasons: spring, summer, autumn, winter. The average temperature is 25 - 28�C in summer and 16 -�17�C in winter. Snow sometimes falls in winter on high mountains such as Trung Khanh, Tra Linh. |
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Tourism
The
cool
weather
combines
with
many
high
mountains,
beautiful
sightseeings
to
form
the
convenient
for
relaxing
tour
and
discovery
tour.
Famous
sites
include
Thang
Hen
Mountainous
Lake
in
Tra
Linh,
Ban
Gioc
Fall
and
Nguom
Ngao
Cave
in
Trung
Khanh.
Among
of
them,
Ban
Gioc
Fall
probably
is
one
of
most
beautiful
waterfall
in
Vietnam.
Several
sites
where
Uncle
Ho
lived
and
worked
before
the
August
1945
Revolution
include
Pac
Bo,
Coc
Bo
Cave,
Lenin
Stream,
and
Khuoi
Nam
Stream.
In
Cao
Bang,
the
traditional
festivals
have
specific
characteristics
of
ethnic
groups,
for
example,
Long
Tong
Festival,
Inviting
the-Moon-Mother
Festival
(Moi
Me
Trang). |
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Ethnic groups
Many ethnic groups live together here. It creates plentiful traditional culture. Tay group makes up a large amount of population. They have own handwriting (Tay-Nung language group). The Tay's special culture is showed in village festival, vi and then singing. |
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Transportation
Cao Bang is 272km north of Hanoi following National Highway No.3. Cao Bang has National Highway No.4B and 3 linking to Lang Son, Bac Kan, Ha Giang provinces and to China. There are direct buses from Hanoi, Thai Nguyen and Lang Son.
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